Awning.



. H. DESMARAIS.

AWNING.

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Patented May 2l, 1918.,

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AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJO. I9I. 1,267,192. Patent-ed Maya, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR H. DESMARAIS, 0F HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES 'W'. LOCKWOOD, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

A'W'NING.

Specioation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR H. Dass/nanars, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hackensack, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Awning, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to awnings adapted especially for windows, porches, doors or the like, and has particular reference to means whereby the awning may be nested in close position at the top of the opening for which it is provided.

Among the objects therefore of this inven tion is to improve the construction of an awning so as to adapt it to be put up or taken down with facility.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of an awning wherey when in extended position for use it will be held in substantially rigid position to prevent rattling, apping or the like.

A still further object is the provision of an awning which while it is retained securely at the top of a window and by the term window as used hereina r I mean to cover any analo ous opening to be protected by an awning the main portion thereof may be manipulated with facility so as to collapse or fold into a very small compassV within the top of the window 'ust below the lintel, and from which folded position'the awning may be as easily extended when desired. Y

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or siiggestedV herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof referencev is had to the accom anying drawings, in which like reference c aracters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a window equipped with my improvement extended;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fi 3 is a horizontal sectional detail on the llne 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the inner end of one of the brace arms;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 6 6 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 7 is an inside elevation with the parts ready to be folded below the lintel,

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on a plane corresponding to Fig. 2, but showing the folding in an intermediate stage and Fig. 9 isA arview of the same with the foldin completed.

eferrin now more specifically to the drawings, indicate a window frame 10 having a lintel 11 along which are arranged a series of hooks l2, or their equivalent, to which the top 13 of the awning is adapted to be connected by means of eyes 14 or the like, secured along its upper edge. The hardware accompanying the awning includes a pulley 15 secured at the center of the lintel. A pair of socket pieces 16 are fixed to the sides of the window frame on opposite sides of the window and at about the level of the lower end of the awning when extended. The sockets 16 have vertical openings. At one side of the window frame is secured another pulley 17, and preferably at the side of the windowV opposite the pulley 17 is arranged a cleat 18 for a purpose presently to appear. I would call attention in this connection also to a pair of blocks 19 secured to opposite sides of the window frame a few inches below the lintel.

Adjacent to thertop of the main portion 20 of the awning is a transverse bar 21 fixed inv any suitable =manner permanently in the awning and having exposed ends having eyes through which bolts 22 project from the blocks 19. Winged nuts or the like 23 cooperate with said bolts to fasten the bar 21 rigidly in place in the window frame. This attachment is permanent or is maintained so long as the awning is to be kept in con nection with the window, and this connection is Veii'ected after the eyes 14 are engaged over the several hooks 12.

Just below the bar 21 is a rectangular frame 24shown in section in Fig. 2 and in full in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 7, and extending practically fully across the awning. This frame L4 delines what may be regarded as a panel portion of the awning ehbshhhnhny eqhi ih @mhh he are sphre hetweeh the har 21 and the wine/hw lihtiei. A eord is fixed at a point 26 on the inside of the awning at about the center of the lower edge of this frame, and itextends thence downward and outward and thence upward over the lower edge 27 of the awiing, and finally inwardly and downward-ly Utelthe pulley i5 within reach of the 01perator. A Y Y Adjacent to the lower ede s( oi? the awnin is a transverse stik plate 28 of metal or ote silit'abl'e material extending sbst 11- t'ally ac oss theawning, an justgabove t is ate an' s 'aed somewhat t ere ,ein is another bar 2 A cord B is ci ected atene end at a point 31 on ithe otsielo tl awning at about th center of the* br 9, and the @ai heheh s hhehc apen @over a pulley `:se chase to the pdihy i5, ma thence laterally oi'rer the side pllley 17, l

VAt each Vside 'o the awning is arra Aed a hrhhghin aap es haahea perfhhhhh 151 ah its outer edge to the main fort-ion of the awning V20.Y This flap is in as silb- Sahnany or the foon of h fight-haga ifia'ngle whose hyp'bense is the edge of rineotion with the niain awnin". he Utangle corner portion of each ab is 'connected by means of a gaat 34 hi hay Shame nature adjacent to the ifner en o a brace arm 35 Whose oiiter en is hinged at 36 to the @ha of a ma 27 located 'within the lower edge e7 of the awning. ,Ah the ihnh end of each braoenarin 35 is a d ifvt`1i`g1i`vtrdllfr roj'eting spar 37 heaped mi 'hh dwhwar y ha@ a socket member 16, while the eitreme end se of the mh hhs nah against the side of the window frame.

The foregoing!) `'1hsaiphihh Win be hhaerstood as 'applica le to the awning' in itlsjoperati'e position. f, now, it is desired to folel or collapse the awning so `as t0 nest just within the hop of the 'window name, thenrsh operation is to disconnect the` spursl 37 of Ythemas 35 the eoekehs 16 had haring Shia ,hens twh e eheh ther hh' then ohhwhrdly ihre substantielle the hahha piane 'Y Qaist the inner sifde 'the lowe e'nd of he awning, Wherethey are held by a strap as shown Fig. 7. This niovefent of the mhh will @ahr with it hh@ het ape 33 that they will ie an against the maar ne@ of the awning. 'rhhl heh; 'ge le. to has? the nee ,ena of the cai-aao fe aw the 'phnhjf 11, which dhaws npwh aiya-h the ahfhihg them the point 31 @n Vhrihghthe ih; the psihioh f Ei This w11 their be heid st-,ay vthphe hahajyhne the @patearhhy g'ias'ps 1-,he other @ne atV atei@ it hah ,si 'within 'aha teich' the inne: 15, whigh wil het directly he hid h t o rt of the awning' that are depending at this time and bringing the awning into the folded positionshown in Fig. 9, and with the portion threbfin 'wliehthe frame 2l is located iat against the outer side of the remainder of the awning and substantially parallei to that portion of the awninig' between the bar 21 and the top of the window. The plate 28 serves to hold the lower end iortion of the awnin flat, so that when the awning is finally fo ded it will oeu y a miiiifrmm space laterally of the wi `w. After this Y, osiltion is reached the oord 25 han te Vehhh 'ed uhhh the @hat 1s, where ih will remain until the awning is to be lowered again. iQbvionsly the eiitensilon of the awn-A ing is effected a r versal of the foregoing ste-ps5 except at she operatore will Y huye nothing to do with the cord 30, since it will take care of itself when the awning is moving ownward.

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1. n an awnin the combination of a main awning pane lmeans to attach the ilpper edge thereof in fixed position, a, bargetending aci' :as the awning panel just below the upper e ge, means to secure the ends of the bar toa window frame, a still' rectangular melnber carried by t e awning below said bar and having a wi th substantially equal to the space between the bar and the top of tlhewindoma cord serving to lift the lower portion of the awning to the top of the window and another cord con ected to the inner face oli vthe awning at a out the ceri ter of the lower portion of said sti member and serving to fold thel aw-i g complete in a small rect ngular body wit 1n the top of the window rame.

2. The combination of an awning; means to secure the u .per portionV ov the aw- 'ng to a window aine,r two sti recta 1 ar linenbers secured in the awning, oneiust below the attachment means and the other adjacent to t e lower edge of the awning, a cord Ysecure to the outer face of the awning abovethe lower ri gi member, wherebyisnch portion ol the awhing is adapted to Be lifted to the top o :the window frame, and a -seeond cord A exten ing around the bottom of the awning where it is secured on the inner face oi the awning adjacent tothey other of said rigid mein ersmand whereby the awning is given a final foldiYK operation.

3. The coiiibinatfion of a main awning panel, ineans to Asecure the up erelid f said panel to the upper portion o a win ow, a pair of trianglar flaps ach connected along one edge to ajn e gie of t e awning,I a rod extending aeross t e lower edge of the main awning panel a pair of brace r VY hinged to the ends of said rod, means exi yA connecting t e flaps to said arms,and inea-ns to anchor te inner ends of said arms to the sides f thedwindo'w Vgraine. Y

4. 'e herein-deseri [ed awning stricture eomprisin in combination, a pair of socket jecting spurs coperating with said sockets members or the opposite sides of a Window a pair of triangular aps each connec 10 and having vertical openings, a main awning alon one edge to a side ed of the main panel, means to fix the upper end of said pane and means to secure t e aps to said 5 panel to the to of the Window, a pair of arms, Said arms and aps being foldable brace arms fixe at their outer ends to the against the inner face of the main panel. lower corners of the said anel, the inner ends of said arms having ownwardly pro- OSCAR H. DESMARAIS.

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